Image: Kevin Sites for VICE.com. Proto-warblogger and "backpack journalist" Kevin Sites, with whom I worked to create what may have been the first war blog, is back in Afghanistan reporting for VICE. One of the pieces he's sent back so far is a fascinating look at a traditional practice among many poor, rural carpet loomers:… READ THE REST

While it’s uncertain if hashish killed them all, medical researchshows that marijuana use during pregnancy can lead to a greaterlikelihood of SIDS

While it's uncertain? It's entirely certain that it did nothing to them, other than possibly making their mother neglectful of providing proper clothing and nutrition. But, but "medical research" shows it can happen right? Well, I see a link to a Victorian hospital but no references to this supposed research.

Vice: If you need a writer who is capable of writing a properly-researched article.. hit me up. This guy is terrible.